English test 1

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

The same occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginnings of words located close to one another.

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

a casual, passing reference to something or someone

Question 3

Ambition

Answer 3

drive , desire or intent to accomplish something , usually with great effort

Question 4

Assonance

Answer 4

Repetition of the same vowel sound in other words located close to one another

Question 5

Dignity

Answer 5

A sense of pride in oneself, and self-respect

Question 6

Foresight

Answer 6

Anticipation of and planning for what may happen in the future

Question 7

Haiku

Answer 7

A poem in three lines consisting of 5 ,7 and 5 syllables ,a 17 -line poem,usually about nature

Question 8

Humility

Answer 8

Humbleness , modesty, lack of arrogance,lack of excessive pride

Question 9

Limerick

Answer 9

A usually humorous 5-line poem in which the first ,second and 5 lines and the third and fourth lines have another

Question 10

metaphor

Answer 10

A comparison of two seemly unlike things by naming on the other

Question 11

Point of view

Answer 11

The perspective from which the story is told from

Question 12

Prose

Answer 12

Writing that is the structured in sentences and paragraph,rather than poetic lines or stanzas

Question 13

Retrospect

Answer 13

Hindsight ability to look back and examine the past

Question 14

Serendipity

Answer 14

Unexpected good fortune especially when one is seeking something other than what is actually found

Question 14

Rhyme scheme

Answer 14

The pattern of sounds that repeat at the end of lines.aabbcc

Question 15

Simile

Answer 15

A comparison of two things though the use of like or as

Question 16

Sonnet

Answer 16

A 14 line some which when written in English usually has ten syllables per lines

Question 17

Speaker

Answer 17

in a poem the voice that coveys the message of the story often different from the author

Question 18

Theme

Answer 18

A central ideas or message that an author explores in work

Question 19

Tone

Answer 19

In writing the attitude or feeling towards the subject matter

Question 20

versatility

Answer 20

Possessing multiple talents making a person or thing adoptable to different situation